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SPA Girls Podcast

SPA Girls Podcast

Each week the SPA Girls provide information, tips and honest advice on self publishing for indie authors. Hosted by four experienced self-publishing writers, we provide a mix of interviews, craft shows, and marketing information that will help you start your self-publishing journey. Join us today!

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP515 - What's New in Publishing?...

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2025/08/27

It's conference debrief time! We’re here with all our best writer tips and reflections from the recent Romance Writers of New Zealand annual conference! Links mentioned: Sadie King talks series planning : https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep409-six-figures-with-short-romance-with-sadie-king/ AK Mulford talks TikTok : https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep332-tiktok-tips-with-ak-mulford/ AK Mulford's How I Write You Tube Channel:

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP514 - Interview with Annika...

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2025/08/19

Writing bestselling romance with incredible character chemistry is something that NYT Bestseller Annika Martin excels in. Annika, who also publishes romantic suspense as Carolyn Crane, has seen incredible success writing two books a year (on average) and publishing wide. This is a classic replay episode (originally recorded in 2021) where Annika reveals her plotting and writing process, getting the most "comedy" in her writing, editing tips for deepening characterization, what point of view to

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP513 - Interview with Anya Mora:...

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2025/08/12

When the going gets tough, it can be really hard to get (or keep) going. Today's episode has empathetic and practical advice from the incredible Anya Mora about working through life challenges, recovering from burnout, trusting your instincts and dealing with things that often throw us “off course” from our author life. About Anya Anya Mora is the bestselling author of domestic suspense and psychological thrillers, as well as an extensive romance catalogue under the pen name Frankie Love. She is

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP512 - Manifesting Success with...

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2025/08/05

You're worth it and your work is worth it. 15-time USA Today bestselling romance author Renee Rose is passionate about helping other authors find and maintain an abundance mindset to catapult their careers and create their best future. She employs energetic tools and techniques to help her clients clear resistance and money blocks, access their inner guidance, and tap into their love and appreciation for their books so they can achieve their dreams. This is a classic replay of an episode we

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP511 - Reader Events - Tips For...

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2025/07/30

Wendy, Cheryl and Trudi are off to RARE Melbourne in October 2025 and busy organising ALL the things! So this episode we share all our BEST TIPS (merchandise sourcing, what works, what doesn’t), table set up, what to wear, how to approach reader events, how many books to take (or offer on preorder) and how to calm the nerves / talk to strangers (ha!) Links mentioned: Author websites: Wendy Vella / Lani Blake https://wendyvella.com/index.html https://laniblake.com/ CA Phipps

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP510 - Writing Paranormal...

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2025/07/22

Wondering how to write a great paranormal romance? What's the difference between paranormal and monster romance and what are readers looking for? And how to connect with readers on tiktok and other social media? This is a replay of a fun episode we recorded a few years ago with the awesome author, Lillian Lark. It's well worth a listen no matter what genre you're writing! About Lillian Lark: Born and raised in the saltiest of cities in Utah. Lillian is an avid reader, cat mom to three demons,

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP509 - The Artisan Author with...

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2025/07/15

Tired of chasing the "Amazon Algorithm"? We’re delighted to welcome Johnny B. Truant to the SPA. Johnny is here to discuss the alternatives to “rapid release / fast publishing” mindset to one of an artisanal author and publisher. We always try to emphasise there is NO ONE RIGHT WAY to approach your self-publishing business and writing, and we think this conversation and approach is really worth understanding. Not just for writers' physical care, but mental health too. Enjoy! “If modern indie

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP508 - Urban Fantasy &...

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2025/07/09

Keri Arthur is a NYT Bestselling author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Initially traditionally published, she is now fully self-published, and in this episode she talks to us about that transition and shares tips and processes from her writing journey. This is a classic replay, originally recorded in 2020. About Keri Arthur Keri Arthur, the author of the New York Times bestselling Riley Jenson Guardian series, has written more than fifty-five novels–35 of them with traditional

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP507 - Publishing Wide Strategy...

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2025/07/01

USA Today Bestseller, Erin Wright, is the Queen of Publishing Wide and shares with us fantastic advice on: direct sales, AI audio and human narration, AI translations, woo commerce v shopify, kickstarter and platform specific tips. About Erin Wright USA Today Bestselling author Erin Wright has worked every job under the sun, including library director, barista, teacher, website designer, and ranch hand helping brand cattle, before settling into the career she’s always dreamed about: Author. She

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP506 - Bestselling MM Romance...

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2025/06/25

BEST SELLING ROMANCE AUTHOR JAY HOGAN is a New Zealand author writing mm romance and romantic suspense, primarily set in New Zealand. This is a fantastic episode, well worth a replay, with Jay's unique insights into writing MM romance, marketing, craft and the writing life. About Jay Heart, Humour, & Keepin' It Real Jay is a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist for her books Digging Deep and The Art of Husbandry in 2020 and 2024. Her book Off Balance was the 2021 New Zealand Romance Book of

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP505 - Sierra Simone - Writing...

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2025/06/18

Writing To Your Own Beat - with USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author, Sierra Simone We’re delighted to welcome bestselling author, Sierra Simone, to the SPA today! Our topic is “Writing To Your Own Beat” and Sierra generously shares how she’s leaned into writing forbidden, atmospheric romance that has built a rabid fandom. This is a MUST listen for writers of all genres. Resources mentioned: Becca Syme Better-Faster Academy with Becca Syme Kennedy Ryan Home - Kennedy Ryan

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP504 - SF Romance with Tamsin...

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2025/06/11

This episode with Alaskan author, Tamsin Ley, is one of our most popular and well worth a replay! We talk about Tamsin's writing journey, marketing strategies, paranormal romance quirks and her fantastic advice for all self-publishers. You can find Tamsin here: https://www.tamsinley.com/ Tamsin Ley builds worlds full of sexy heroes who don't know they need a mate - that is, until they meet the woman they can't resist. The romance is sizzling hot, a surprise twist waits around every corner, and

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP503 - Co-Writing Success with...

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2025/06/04

Molly and Stephanie are two writing besties who launched an incredibly successful pen name, Hailey Shore, writing romantic comedy. Romantic Comedy | Hailey Shore Author This episode we dig into how they intentionally set out to create this pen, their advertising and launch strategy, things they’ve learned along the way, and a few snafus too. These two amazing authors are incredibly down to earth and honest and provide some of the best advice on mindset and business you’ll hear that’s absolutely

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP502 - Book Launch Strategies...

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2025/05/28

USA Today Bestseller, Janie Crouch, shares amazing tips and advice on how she built her readership, launched her romantic suspense, and how she approaches the Business of Authoring and separates it from the creative side of writing. This is a classic replay of a fantastic episode we recorded originally in April 2021. Janie's writing journey began in the academic world. With a B.A. in English Communication from Montreat College and both an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Regent

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP501 - Virtual Assistants for...

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2025/05/20

Who doesn't want to hand off their least-favorite tasks to a trusted assistant? So how do you go about finding the right person? And what's the cost? Kevin Tumlinson is an award-winning and bestselling author, known as “the Voice of Publishing” for his work as a podcaster and speaker, helping thousands of authors to start, build, and grow their author careers. Kevin is the Chief Brand Officer for Author Anchor—a service aimed at connecting writers to highly trained and qualified virtual

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP500 - Behind The Mics

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2025/05/14

We’re celebrating 500 episodes of the SPA Girls - from our baby podcaster days back in 2015 to today, we share some BEHIND THE MICS stories. How we met, why we started and why we’ve last this long (almost ten years so far, publishing an episode weekly). Plus our vision for the future and selfpublishing :) Thank you so much to all those who've listened, downloaded, watched, reviewed, cheered on, guested and emailed. We truly appreciate every single one of you! 💗 The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored

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SPA Girls Podcast - Interview with Ana Huang:...

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2025/05/08

A SPA Girls Classic Replay. This episode features an interview with the incredible Ana Huang, multi-million copy bestselling author of new adult and contemporary romance! Ana is a super-smart, hardworking author with a tonne of great advice that she generously shared with SPA Girls Podcast listeners in this information-packed episode. We range in topics from marketing, to TikTok, to branding, to translations, and everything in between. A must-listen for authors at all stages of their writing

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP498 - When To Pivot

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2025/04/29

What happens when your books don’t sell? When is it time to end a series? Or Pivot to a new penname? Wendy, Cheryl and Shar are here to give their advice and (strong!) opinions on when it’s the right time to pivot and the steps writers should take to make that decision. We’ve collectively written and published almost 200 books over the past 15 years, so we’ve experienced and witnessed a LOT of author angst, success and industry changes. We hope that this discussion is beneficial to authors at all

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SPA Girls Podcast- EP497 - Writing The Black Moment...

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2025/04/23

One of our most popular writing craft episodes deserves a replay: Writing the Black Moment with USA Today Bestseller, Rachel Bailey. NB re audio quality, we apologise that this isn’t to our current standard (despite new editing), but we’re sure you’ll find the content worth listening to nevertheless! A fantastic tutorial on how you can take your writing to the next level! In romance fiction, the black moment (also called the dark night of the soul) is the emotional low point—when it seems like all

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP496 - Using Tropes Effectively...

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2025/04/16

Jennifer Hilt is a USA Today Bestselling author urban fantasy and non-fiction creator of The Trope Thesaurus series. She joins us this episode to really dig into how to use tropes in your fiction (no matter the genre), practical ways of applying them, how to use them to amp up the emotion and characterisation, and your characters' GMC (goal, motivation and conflict). Jennifer gives lots of tips for practical application and if you’ve ever been confused about where to start writing with tropes, or

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